Baringa Partners ranks 5th in European Great Place to Work listings

28-Jun-2012 - European recognition follows company’s no.1 position in UK.

Baringa Partners ranks 5th in European Great Place to Work listings

LONDON, DUSSELDORF –- Baringa Partners LLP, the management consultancy that specialises in the energy, financial services and utilities markets, has been named as the fifth best place to work in Europe by the Great Place to Work Institute in its SME category. This achievement follows the company’s third consecutive number one placement in the UK.

2012 marks Baringa’s sixth consecutive year in the Best Workplaces rankings, and comes off the back of being awarded Laureate status last year. Baringa Partners clinched the UK’s top spot for the first time in the 2010 Best Workplaces awards, having been placed second in 2008 and 2009.

Commenting on the European ranking, Mohamed Mansour, Managing Partner, Baringa Partners, said: “We have always strived to put our people at the heart of our business and are proud to receive this external validation and recognition of our efforts. The commitment we made to create a positive and stimulating working environment has helped us to attract, develop and retain some of the most talented and experienced people in our industry and inspires them to produce exemplary results for clients. Maintaining an environment in which everyone can feed into the Baringa of the present and the future will help ensure our continued success.”

Mansour continues: “Our European ranking is particularly pleasing and it is humbling to be included alongside some of the larger international employers. Having established a permanent presence in Europe in 2011, and with ambitious plans to continue to grow the business, the challenge for us is to ensure we maintain our people-centric culture. So we take inspiration and look forward to learning from other companies in the rankings, in particular the bigger players who have been able to maintain outstanding workplace cultures and successfully manage the challenges of large headcounts split over multiple territories.”

2012 has been a significant year in Baringa Partners’ development. Over the last 12 months, Baringa Partners saw more than 90 per cent of its turnover come from repeat business, grew to more than 250 consultants and increased turnover by 24 per cent. In addition to its number one Great Place to Work ranking in the UK and fifth place listing in Europe, Baringa received further external endorsement, this time for client work, by being named Energy Risk’s ‘Consultancy of the Year’.

Europe’s Best Workplaces List ranks the top 100 European organisations to work for. More than 10 million employees within 5,500 organisations are involved in The Best Workplaces Programme, making it the largest of its kind worldwide.